Removable window-stop and securing means therefor



E B; SHAND. Dow swr AND SECURING MEANS THEREFOR.

REmovALE wlN APPLICATION FILED FEB-12| 1918. Patented Fab. 24,1920.

E BLAKE SHAND, OFYDETROIT, MICHIGAN.

REMOVAELE WINDOW-STOP AND sEcUmNe MEANS THEBEEOE.

n Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24; 1920.

Application led February; 12, 1918. Serial No. 216,686.

To all whom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, E BLAKE SHAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful mprovement in Removable Window-Stops and SecuringMeans Therefor, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertams to make and use the same, reference being had to theacompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to removable window stops and securing meanstherefor. The principal object ofthe invention 1s a removable stopadapted to hold the window sash in position in the window frame, thestop being formed of three hinged portions adapted to be folded to allowthe sash members to be swung into the room about a horizontal axis. Anadditional object of the invention is a stop that is readily removableor securely fixed in place. These objects and the several novel featuresof the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed andshown in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a portion of the window frame and sash showing a portion of thestop and securing means therefor.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the securing means showing the recess inthe window frame for receiving the hook member. Fig. 3 is a face view ofthe stop and securing means.

The stop, as will be understood from the drawing, is formed of threeparts 1, 2 and 13 hinged together at 3 and 12. The plates of the hinge 3are L shaped in form, one part 4 being attached tothe upper part 1 andthe part 5 being attached to the lower part 2. the hinge point 3 beingon the inner side of the stop as will be understood from Fig. 2. Thelower leaf 5 of the hinge member has pivotallv connected thereto atongue 6 adapted to fold flatwise against the'stop as shown in Fig. 2.This tongue 6 carries a hook member 7 extending when 1n the positionshown in Fig. 2 through a slot provided in the leaf 5 of the hinge andcorrespending slot formed in the part 2 of the stop. When the stop is inposition shown in Fig. 2 and the tongue 6 in place as shown, thehookmember 7 engages behind the staple 8 secured in the window frame, theframe being provided with a recess 9 to receive the hinge member 3, thehook member 7 and staple 8. To remove the stop, the part 6 is turneddownward in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2 which withdrawsthe hook member from the staple 8, whereupon by pulling on the member 6the parts 1 and 2 turn on the hinge point 3 to position shown by dottedlines 10 in Fig. 2 withdrawing the pin 14 in the end of the stop member2 from engagement with the lower frame member as will be readilyunderstood. The stop may then be swung up on the hinges 3 and 12 out ofthe way of the sash to allow the same to be swung into the room. Vhile Ihave not shown means for holding the stop in the folded position, aspring clip or the like may be used for the purpose at the upper end ofthe window frame.

The securing means and hinge member for the stop is inexpensive in formand readily applied to the lower two portions of the stop asillustrated. and the device is extremely simple in operation requiringonly the simple movement of the part 6 and hook member about the pivotpoint thereof on the portion 5 of the hinge to release the stop forremoval or to secure it in place.

Having thus briefly described my invention` its utilitv and mode ofoperation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States is 1. In combination with a window frame, a stop formed ofseveral parts, a hinge member for two of said parts, the pivotal pointthereof being on the inner side of the stop` one part of the said hingemember extending between the adjacent ends of the stop members andsecured to the face of the stop, a plate in hinged relation with saidpart of the hinge member, a hook member carried by the plate, the stopand said part of the hinge member being, apertured to allow the hookmember to pass therethrough, and means secured to the window frame andengaged by the hook member when turned to the locking position. 'l

2. A securing device for a removable stop formed of several parts,consisting of two L shaped plates adapted to be secured in hingedrelation to the adjacent ends respectively of the two parts of the stop,the hinged point being on the inner side of the parte Off the Stop., aPlate hinged t0 011e 0f the L "sha peil Aplates adapted lto 'be "turnedparallel With the face of the stop Vorturned outwardly therefrom, curedto the plate, the 5 part of thestop Ibeihg hook member to pass v-#sheplate is v,turned :to i1 a thook :member seplate and companion .Slottedfto afllow 'the therethrough when oeking position, 'fund `and engaged by-the "stop imposition.

aneye or staple seoure'to thewiridow frame the hook memberto secure 1(In testimony Whereof,I lsign this speci- 'catiom Y E. BLAKE SSH-AND.

